Friday, June 02, 2006

Saad Al Ghamdi's 'Ghurbah'. Its always nice to listen to it on a rainy new york Jumuah afternoon... sends a mellow vibe through the air.

The version I linked is a little fast paced than one I usually listen to, but either one is nice.

Ghurabaa`, ghurabaa`, ghurabaaa` ghurabaa`Ghurabaa`, ghurabaa`, ghurabaaa` ghurabaa`غرباء ولغير الله لا نحنى الجباةGhurabaa` do not bow the foreheads to anyone besides Allahغرباء وارتضيناها شعارا للحياة Ghurabaa` have chosen this to be the motto of lifeغرباء ولغير الله لا نحنى الجباةGhurabaa` do not bow the foreheads to anyone besides Allahغرباء وارتضيناها شعارا للحياة Ghurabaa` have chosen this to be the motto of life-------------------------------------------------إن تسأل عنّا فإنّا لا نبال بالطغاةIf you ask about us, then we do not care about the tyrantsنحن جند الله دوما دربنا درب الأباة We are the regular soldiers of Allah, our path is a reserved pathإن تسأل عنّا فإنّا لا نبال بالطغاةIf you ask about us, then we do not care about the tyrantsنحن جند الله دوما دربنا درب الأباة We are the regular soldiers of Allah, our path is a reserved path-------------------------------------------------Ghurabaa`, ghurabaa`, ghurabaaa` ghurabaa`Ghurabaa`, ghurabaa`, ghurabaaa` ghurabaa`لن نبال للقيود بل سنمضى للخلود We never care about the chains, rather we'll continue foreverلن نبال للقيود بل سنمضى للخلود We never care about the chains, rather we'll continue foreverفلنجاهد ونناضل ونقاتل من جديد So let us make jihad, and battle, and fight from the startغرباء ... هكذا الأحرار في دنيا العبيد Ghurabaa`, this is how they are free in the enslaved worldفلنجاهد ونناضل ونقاتل من جديد So let us make jihad, and battle, and fight from the startغرباء ... هكذا الأحرار في دنيا العبيد Ghurabaa`, this is how they are free in the enslaved world-------------------------------------------------Ghurabaa`, ghurabaa`, ghurabaaa` ghurabaa`Ghurabaa`, ghurabaa`, ghurabaaa` ghurabaa`كم تذاكرنا زمانا نحن يوم كنّا سعداء How many times we remembered a time when we were happyبكتاب الله نتلوه صباحا أو مساءاIn the book of Allah, we recite in the morning and the eveningكم تذاكرنا زمانا نحن يوم كنّا سعداء How many times we remembered a time when we were happyبكتاب الله نتلوه صباحا أو مساءاIn the book of Allah, we recite in the morning and the evening-------------------------------------------------Ghurabaa`, ghurabaa`, ghurabaaa` ghurabaa`Ghurabaa`, ghurabaa`, ghurabaaa` ghurabaa`غرباء ولغير الله لا نحنى الجباةGhurabaa` do not bow the foreheads to anyone besides Allahغرباء وارتضيناها شعارا للحياة Ghurabaa` have chosen this to be the motto of lifeغرباء ولغير الله لا نحنى الجباةGhurabaa` do not bow the foreheads to anyone besides Allahغرباء وارتضيناها شعارا للحياة Ghurabaa` have chosen this to be the motto of lifeإن تسأل عنّا فإنّا لا نبال بالطغاةIf you ask about us, then we do not care about the tyrantsنحن جند الله دوما دربنا درب الأباة We are the regular soldiers of Allah, our path is a reserved pathإن تسأل عنّا فإنّا لا نبال بالطغاةIf you ask about us, then we do not care about the tyrantsنحن جند الله دوما دربنا درب الأباةWe are the regular soldiers of Allah, our path is a reserved path-------------------------------------------------Ghurabaa`, ghurabaa`, ghurabaaa` ghurabaa`Ghurabaa`, ghurabaa`, ghurabaaa` ghurabaa`قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : بدأ الاسلام غريبا وسيعود غريبا كما بدأ فطوبى للغرباءThe Prophet SAW said "Islam began as something strange, and it will return as something strange the way it began. So Tooba for the Strangers"

About Me

"It goes a long way back, some twenty years. All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere I turned someone tried to tell me what it was. I accepted their answers too, though they were often in contradiction and even self-contradictory. I was naive. I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could answer. It took me a long time and much painful boomeranging of my expectations to achieve a realization everyone else appears to have been born with: That I am nobody but myself."